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Mitch King
Adulting is hard! Join Mitch as he shares his and others questions and stories about work, parenting, heartburn and more.
Kate is 21 and here to shed some light on what her and her generation expect from their employers, where they are looking for jobs and learn about the history of portable music devices.
"Roger" went through the shift to remote work during Covid but in an isolating environment. Once he tried to move on, he struggled to interview like he used to.
Was it from Covid? Remote working? Or does this happen to anyone that hasn't interviewed for a few years?
Real listeners with fake names have sent in some great questions that I've answered on this episode.
- What do people say and want to hear in exit interviews?
- Are laid-off employees always the poor performers?
- Do you need to leave a company to get a pay rise?
- Do you need a photo on your CV?
- How far back should your education and experience go on your CV?
- How do you respond to recruiters to establish salary budgets and expectations?
Listener "Billy" joins us to talk about being laid off recently and how that will affect his salary expectations and negotiations during this job search. Do you continue to look for the same or higher salary or do you need to adjust your expectations when the job market favours the employer?
Alice is Gen Z, Aries, Aries Moon, Venus Aries and Leo Rising. I don't know what any of that means but she doesn't love interviewing, so we tackle quick tips on how to get around that and get her views on interview processes for Junior Product Designers.
The job market doesn't stay the same every month or every year and the current job market in tech is a good example. We'll cover the basics on what happens in markets like this and answer a listener question from last episode.
Have you read 50 different "experts" tell you about the importance of your CV in your job search? Do the ATS Gods scare you? I'll give my 2 cents on what really happens.
Also joined by one of Australia's premiere fortune tellers Mystic Mitch who does a reading for our Aquarian listeners.
Who is Mitch and what am I going to talk about on this podcast? Will I be really good or will you listen to a trainwreck live?